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Duarditoh85
Feb 16, 2020Aspirant
Orbi limiting Raspberry Pi Bandwidth
Hi! Im experiencing a really weird issue with my Orbi system. I have latest firmware on my router and satellites (2.5.1.8). My following installation looks like that: - Nokia fiber modem -> Orbi RB...
Duarditoh85
Feb 20, 2020Aspirant
Issue found. I have reset my Orbi system to defaults and... magic! i got the expected speed. With a Raspberry Pi 3 i get around 300Mb download and 220Mb upload. When i enable the Armor on the router, the speed of some of my devices (Streaming devices) drops down to a ridiculous 45/34Mb.
Im happy with Armor, and ive paid a year subscription... But im disappointed with this issue, and i didnt find any "option" to fix it.
On the attached file i did first a speedtest, and another one after enabling armor, without reset the router.
FURRYe38
Feb 20, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Armor seem to be a problem for speeds and other apps for users over the past year or so.
- Duarditoh85Feb 21, 2020Aspirant
Ive send a support ticket to Bitdefender... If it just work "as it" so i hope i can get a refund to this year subscription...
- FURRYe38Feb 21, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Good Luck.
- CrimpOnFeb 21, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Now that Netgear Armor has been identified as the relevant factor, I wonder what part Kodi plays in the mix. i.e. was Armor limiting bandwidth to (a) the Raspberry Pi, or (b) to any computer running Kodi (or some protocol that Kodi uses)? I would test Kodi on my Windows 10 machines, but I have never activated Armor (and looks like I never will).